Stephen Lovell

Currently a Reader in Modern European History, Stephen Lovell joined the department in 2002 following a postdoctoral fellowship at St John’s College, Oxford. He received his MA and PhD from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), University of London, after studying for his BA at King’s College, Cambridge.

Stephen Lovell’s primary research interests lie in the social and cultural history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russia. Current research includes an edited volume on generations in twentieth-century Europe and a history of Soviet radio. In 2005, Stephen was awarded the 2005 Best Book in Literature and Culture from the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages for Summerfolk: A History of the Dacha, 1710-2000, a book on the Russian out-of-town weekend or summer house. His latest book is a history of Russia since the fall of the Berlin Wall entitled Destination in Doubt: Russia since 1989.

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